Decision

The Cabinet Member for Parks, Highways & Transport Services has considered a report outlining that the council had secured funding to develop a Quality Bus Transit (QBT) corridor, aiming to make travel quicker and easier for bus passengers in Stockport. This initiative was being developed in collaboration with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and was funded by the government's City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). The project was part of a major investment spanning the entire 330 bus route connecting Stockport to Ashton via Hyde and Dukinfield, which would see enhancements to bus stops, junctions, crossings, and access points.

It was noted that the ‘Great Portwood Street Puffin Crossing scheme’ had been considered and recommended for approval by the Central Stockport Area Committee at its meeting on 1 August 2024, however since that date it had been necessary to make some minor amendments to the proposed schedule of traffic regulation orders to accommodate a design change to the proposed puffin crossing.

The Cabinet Member Parks, Highways & Transport Services has then given approval to the proposed Great Portwood Street Puffin Crossing scheme including the provision of a new Puffin crossing including controlled area (Zig Zag markings) on Great Portwood Street, and the provision of a raised table at junction of Richard Street/ Marsland Street and to the legal advertising of the associated traffic regulation orders as detailed at Appendix A to the report and, subject to the receipt of no objections within 21 days of the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the orders.

Alternative options considered

No other options were considered appropriate to deliver the required outcomes of the scheme.